Bearing.



A. M.VLAYCOCK.

BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23. 191?.

Patented Oct-'1, 191&

wuneoo I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR M. LAYCOCK, 0F KINGSTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW DEPARTURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, A

BEARING.

' Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Oct. 1, 1918.

Original application filed September 13, 1916, Serial No. 119,899. Divided and this application filed Januaryresulted in Patent No. 1,262,681, issued- April 16, 1918, and contains broader claims it is important that the parts of such raceto the subject-matter here involved.

In bearings having divided race-members members be very accurately set with respect to the antifriction members (as the balls) of that particular bearing, and that such race-member-parts be prevented from moving more closely against the balls and thus crowding or pinching them, as some times tends to occur when the parts of the divided race-member are sub ected to heav lateral pressure, as, for example, when sum.

parts are tightly clamped in Some housing in which they are mounted for service. And it is, of course, desirable to hold the parts of the divided race-member from moving away from proper contact with the balls.

The object of my present invention is to provide a simple and easily produced structure in which the partsof the divided racemember can be accurately set and are prevented from having undesired movement. To this end, andalsoto improve generally upon devices of the character indicated, my invention consists in the various matters hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation partly in section, and Figs. 2 and 3 are similar views showing modifications. A

In these drawings, which show the inven- 23, 1917. Serial No. 144,000.

the rings which constitute parts of the co-' operating, divided race-member, these rings having, respectively, the race portions 15 and 16 against which the antifriction memhere '17 and 18 bear; 19 represents the casing which holds the rings 13 and 14, and 20 and 21 indicate the separator parts for the respective rows of balls.

As herein illustrated, each ring 13 and 14 is provided with a groove,'25 or 26, in its longitudinal surface, that is, in the surface extending transverse to the sidewalls of the bearing and being shown as the circumfer ence of the rings in Figs. 1 and 2 and as the inner surface of such rings in" Fig. '3.

These grooves extend transverse to the longitudinal axis of such surfaces (as about the circumference of the rings in Figs. 1 and 2) and are preferablyflaring and symmetrical, as V-shaped. The casing 19, of bendable material, has portions, 27 and 28, bent into beads which enter these grooves and engage the opposite faces of each. Each of these beads can be formed by a simple spinning operation, and the production of a single bead simultaneously produces shoulders which engage the opposite faces of the ringgroove in which it lies, so that the single head securely holds its race-ring against displacement in either direction along the cas ing, the casing thus becoming a stop-member for the rings 13 and 14. The flaring shape of the grooves not only permits the beads 27 and 28 to be readily spun into them but also enables the beads and the groove-Walls to bear against each other over surfaces of considerable area. the beads can be produced at any desired part of the bendable casing, so that the rings 13 and 14: of a bearing can be brought to and secured-in just the proper contact with the ballsrequiled for that particular bearing, and after the beads are formed the parts of the divided race-member are thereby securely locked against displacement either toward or away from the balls, a single bead holding its race-ring against movement in both such directions. Thus, in a bearing constructed in accordance with my present invention, the parts of the divided racemember can be set with eatestnicety with respect to'the balls, an when they are so Manifestly,

set a single bead holds each such race-inemher-part securely against displacement either toward oraway from its cooperating balls.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the outer race-member is shown as the divided one, While in Fig. 3 the inner race-member is so shown.

hile'in Fig. 2ethey are, shown nearer the inner edges thereof;v

I claim:

1 1.;In an antifr'iction bearing, antifriction members, 1 .a divided I 'race-member- Whose parts cooperate With said antifriction ID8111- bers, oneof said race-memberv-parts having in ,it s longitudinal. surface a groove which extends transverse to the longitudinal axis of'said surface,;-and a bendable stop-meld her having a portion bent-into said groove, there being, means for holding-said; stopmember against movementhwith, ,respect 1 to the other :of said race-member parts; i substantially as described; 4 a

2. Inan antifriction bearing, antifriction members, a divided race-member Whose parts cooperatetherevvith, each of said race-mem- In Figs. 1 and 3 the beads and grooves are shown near the outer edges of the race-rings;

bendable stop-member having portions .bent into said grooves; substantially as described.

3. In an antifriction bearing, antifriction 'niembers, a divided race-member whose parts cooperate with said antifriction members,

one offsaid race-member-parts having in its longitudinal surface a flaring groove which extends transverse to the longitudinal axis of said surface, and a bendable stop-member having a portion 4 bent into said groove against the flaring Walls thereof, therebeing means for holding said stop-niember-against movement with respect to the otherof said race-meniber-parts; substantially as described.

In testimonyavhereof I affix my signature in presence oftwo Witnesses.

e ,o. W. WIR'IH; THost H. DAY. 

